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Privacy Policy

This policy describes the information gathered during a visit to De Baca County Criminal History, the purposes for which that information is used, and the limited circumstances in which another party may receive it. It also explains the separate role of outside search providers and links to New Mexico government sites. By continuing to browse or use any feature, you acknowledge the data practices stated below. Government records reached through this site remain under the privacy, access, and retention rules of the office that maintains them.

Data You Give Us Directly

Search Queries

A name or place entered in a search tool is sent directly to the outside company operating that tool. The provider processes the request and supplies its results. De Baca County Criminal History does not retain or log those search terms on its own systems.

Messages and Contact Submissions

An email sent to us may be retained long enough to respond and maintain the related correspondence. It is kept within the organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.

Data We Gather Automatically

When a page loads, the server automatically receives basic technical and usage details:

  • Page-view dates and times
  • The referring website, when one is reported
  • Pages opened and the time spent on them
  • Device type and operating system
  • Browser name and version
  • The device's assigned IP address

Cookies and Analytics

Cookies are small files placed on a device. They help measure which pages draw traffic and where visits end. Analytics providers combine that information into site-usage reports. Browser controls can block or remove cookies, although disabling them may change how some features operate.

What We Do With This Data

  • Routing a search request to the selected provider
  • Maintaining site availability and page speed
  • Finding and correcting technical faults
  • Measuring which resources visitors use
  • Displaying advertising that may reflect visitor interests

No Criminal-Record Data on File

De Baca County Criminal History neither maintains nor sells a database of personal criminal records. Its content identifies how to approach the De Baca County Sheriff's Office, local courts, NMDPS Law Enforcement Records Bureau, and New Mexico DPS Sex Offender Registry for records those offices control. Visitor information is not compiled into a consumer report or a file about another person. This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Third-Party Search Partners

Outside companies operate the search boxes. Information submitted through a box is governed by that provider's policy rather than this one. Each company determines its own retention, processing, and disclosure practices, which are beyond our control. Read the applicable provider policy before sending a query.

Links to Other Websites

Links may lead to the De Baca County Sheriff's Office, New Mexico court systems, state agencies, legal-aid resources, or outside search services. Once a visitor follows one of those links, the destination's privacy terms apply. Review them before providing personal information.

Advertising providers may use their own technology to observe activity across websites for targeted advertising. That processing occurs through their systems.

Who Might See Your Data

Personal data is not sold. It may be disclosed or processed in these limited settings:

  • Government or law enforcement bodies acting under a valid legal order
  • Advertising networks serving ads on the pages
  • Analytics services measuring traffic and performance
  • Search partners processing a query submitted to their tool

How We Protect Your Data

Reasonable, commonly used safeguards protect the information collected. No internet-connected service can guarantee absolute security, however, and this policy does not promise that a breach or unauthorized access can never occur.

Users Under 18

The site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If such information is identified, it will be deleted upon a valid request.

Your Data Rights

Applicable privacy and consumer-protection law may provide rights over personal data. New Mexico's Inspection of Public Records Act, Sections 14-2-1 through 14-2-12 NMSA 1978, governs access to records held by public offices, while the Arrest Record Information Act, Sections 29-10-1 through 29-10-8 NMSA 1978, controls dissemination of arrest-record information and gives a person a defined route to inspect information concerning that person. Those statutes do not turn this private site into a government records custodian. Subject to the law that applies, you may:

  • Opt out of certain processing where that choice is legally available
  • Request deletion of covered personal data
  • Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
  • Request access to personal information held about you

Updates to This Policy

This policy may be revised as practices or legal duties change. A replacement version will appear here with an updated effective date, and continued use after publication is governed by that version.

Effective date: August 1, 2026